Effect of Type of Housing and Litter on Production of Broilers

McCartney, M. G.

doi:10.3382/ps.0501200

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“…Only small numerical differences were present. These results agree with those of others who found no difference in performance between birds grown on new or reused litter (Ross and Miyahara, 1971;McCartney, 1971).…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 95%

“…Ross and Miyahara (1971) found no difference between birds raised on fresh wood shavings or reused litter. McCartney (1971) reported similar results. Chaloupka et al (1968) reported that condemnations at the processing plant from leukosis were lowered when chicks were reared on reused litter.…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…This scarcity has often been accompanied by higher costs due to intense competition for available material. This has led to a search for new sources of litter (Reed and McCartney, 1970;Carter et al, 1979;Allen et al, 1980) and has encouraged research into conservation of litter (McCartney, 1971;Carmi and Ashbel, 1978;Parkhurst et al, 1974).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Observations on New and Reused Litter for Growing Broilers

Jones

Hagler

1983

Poultry Science

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Three of five houses on a commercial broiler farm were cleaned, and hardwood sawdust was spread to a depth of about 3 cm prior to the arrival of chicks. Hard or caked litter was removed from the remaining two houses, and litter was top dressed with about .25 cm of hardwood sawdust. Litter samples were collected weekly from each house. Moisture, pH, and mold counts were determined for each sample. No significant differences were detected in average bird weight, feed conversion, mortality, or condemnations. Litter moisture and pH values increased over the course of the experiment, whereas litter ash values showed no consistent trends. The highest mortality for birds on both litter types occurred in the first week of the experiment. However, the data suggest that when new litter is used for broilers, mortality is more evenly distributed over the grow-out period. (

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Section: Introductionsupporting

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Observations on New and Reused Litter for Growing Broilers

Jones

Hagler

1983

Poultry Science

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“…Jones and Hagler (1983) and McCartney (1971) reported no differences in performance between broilers grown on new or reused litter. However, reports from broiler growers (Price, 1982) indicated that reused litter has caused deleterious effects on mortality rate, body weight, feed conversion, and condemnations.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Effect of Brooding Paper on the Performance of Bobwhite Quail

1987

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Three experiments were conducted to determine the response of bobwhite quail chicks when reared in pens with and without brooding paper. Half the chicks in each experiment was brooded Days 1 to 7 on brooding paper, which covered the litter within a brooder ring. The other half was brooded on either new or reused litter without paper. Results of all three experiments showed a consistent trend of higher 1-week body weights and lower cumulative 1 to 3 week mortality when birds were reared in pens without paper. Overall, no net performance advantages were found for rearing quail with brooding paper at the termination of the 3-week trials.

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